Meaning of prawn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
   countable, uncountable
2. A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
   Commonwealth, countable, uncountable
3. Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
   Australia, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable
4. A fool, an idiot.
   Australia, countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The aphrodisiac nature of prawns is evident in an epigram by the Greek poet Asclepiades.”

“She's a prawn!”

“This is utter dribble. I've not read much worse than this in a long time - and he admits he doesn't know - "or so I am told". Get real, you prawn.”

“He didn't say he was accused of that, prawn.”

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